The 1980s hearalded the invention of the first "computerized learning tools" (CLT), dinky little devices with LED screens that were supposed to channel a kid's natural yearning to play video games into something that wouldn't rot their brain. Of course it didn't work, because learning spelling and arithmetic has never been fun for anyone.

Well, someone with a creative streak has gone and put a completely functioning "speak-and-spell" on the internet. This was the end-all, be-all of 1st gen CLTs, because it... wait for it... TALKED BACK! Yes, kiddies, at one point a computer going "TEE. AYE. ELL. KAY... TALK" in a robby-the-robot singsong was enough to stop people in their tracks and make them marvel.